The Irvine Valley College women’s badminton team is off to a fast start again this season.

The Lasers are coming off of a 2002 season that saw them go undefeated and win the state team title.

Top player, Lili Zhou, also won the state singles and doubles titles. Zhou is gone, but many other top-notch players remain for the Lasers.

Irvine Valley defeated Grossmont, 21-0, to start the season and then beat Orange Coast, 21-0, in its first Orange Empire Conference match last week at Orange Coast.

Mio Fukushima, Kham Phabmixau, Regina Tran and Asako Sasaki led the singles lineup.

The teams of Phabmixau and Tran and Fukushima and Sasaki pace the doubles.